The European Commission invited a wide range of stakeholders to contribute to the roadmap consultation for the forthcoming “Standardization Strategy”. The deadline for feedback was the 9th of August. 138 contributions were submitted, including ETUC’s, and are publicly available here.
The ETUC contribution to the consultation focusses on six main points, such as the primacy of international standards, global leadership in standard-setting, removing barriers for trade unions’ national participation and harmonised versus non-harmonised standards. It is expected that the European Commission will publish its “EU Standardisation Strategy” before the end of 2021.
Whistleblowing standard goes to publication
The international draft standard ISO/FDIS 37002 ‘Whistleblowing management systems - Guidelines’ was unanimously approved and will be published later this year. The standard provides guidelines for implementing, managing, evaluating, maintaining and improving a robust and effective management system within an organisation for whistleblowing.
The ETUC has been working on whistleblowing for some time to ensure workers are protected from blacklisting when they blow the whistle. The ETUC therefore participated in the development of this standard since the start, and we welcome its adoption as it includes almost all ETUC demands and will help organizations implement a whistleblowing management system that is compliant with the EU Directive on Whistleblowing.
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